To be a tory is to care only for yourself; it is to see yourself as an individual rather than part of a community. Therefore, to tories, you work only for yourself, and the welfare of anyone else is of no concern of yours. I thus see it as an ultimately childish, selfish philosophy which refuses to admit man is a social being. To those on the right, taxation is theft by the state; but to those on the left to pay tax is to contribute to the wider community – it is a necessary part of being part of society. I’ve always thought that man should alter his entire mindset: he should perceive himself not in terms of what he an earn for himself, but what he can contribute to the community, and humanity as a whole. The very idea of money should indeed be done away with, as it only motivates greed, the selfish desire to have more than others. in the long run, that gets us nowhere: the focus should be on society rather than the self, as it is only through working together that we can solve the problems we face, and only then can we let everyone shine regardless of other factors which otherwise hold them back. I know I’ve written this before, probably more than once, but I thought it worth saying again the day after the chancellor delivered such an ill-thought-through budget based on individualism rather than community thinking.